STONECIPHER v. VALLES

No. 13-2124.

759 F.3d 1134 (2014)

Anthony STONECIPHER and Melissa Stonecipher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Special Agents Carlos VALLES; John Estrada; David Tabullo; McCarthy; King; and Jorgensen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek Garcia , Law Office of Derek V. Garcia, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Edward Himmelfarb , Appellate Staff ( Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Steven Yarbrough , United States Attorney, and Barbara L. Herwig , Appellate Staff, with him on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before KELLY, TYMKOVICH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Anthony and Melissa Stonecipher became targets of an investigation into their purchases and sales of firearms and explosives. During the investigation, federal officers discovered that Mr. Stonecipher had pleaded guilty in 2007 to a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in Missouri. One of the officers, Carlos Valles, concluded Mr. Stonecipher had violated federal law, which makes it illegal for anyone convicted of even a misdemeanor crime...

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